Keep in mind that certain hardware devices may be more suitable for your particular setup. For example, the Elgato Game Capture 4K60 Pro can record up to 4K resolutions, while the other products cannot.

General Information

Please understand that with all the different PC setups, we are not able to match to every single possible setup, and there might also be setups that will not work.

Some PCs have built in HDMI Output, and thus will not need any adapter to connect to the HDMI Input of Elgato Gaming hardware.

Other PCs have other types of video output, and they will need an adapter before they can connect to Elgato Gaming hardware.

Performance Information

If you play and record from the same PC, it is likely you will run into some performance related issues.

Your computer does not only have to deal with the game that you currently playing, but also take care of the recording and processing of that video at the same time. The result might be that your processor will run into a high work load, which might cause issues with the recordings.

These issues could be screen tearing, audio distortion, or other graphical errors that might end up in the recording.

Please see this article for more information, troubleshooting, and remedies:

If you are using a Windows PC, you have access to Elgato Sound Capture.

Elgato Sound Capture is the easiest way and most likely preferred way to capture audio. In this setup, you simply open Elgato Sound Capture and chose the "PC Gaming" feature, which lets you chose not only how the audio gets submitted, as well as where you want to hear your audio. In this case, you could send the audio via HDMI to your Elgato Gaming hardware and simultaneously hear the sound on your headset on the Gaming computer.

Here is a screenshot of how the settings could look for you, this might be different depending what Audio devices you are using.

Once everything is setup correctly you should be able to see the Game Audio widget within Elgato Game Capture HD software moving, once a game is played, or any sound that is played coming over the HDMI Out of your graphics card.

This should complete the setup. Please keep in mind that with this setup your Elgato Game Capture HD software will be running in the background and you have to use ALT + Tab to switch around between the actual game and Elgato Game Capture HD software. This means starting and stopping a recording will require ALT + Tab so you can switch between the two.

Setup: Recording from a PC that has HDMI output

Some PCs have a built in HDMI Output port.

In that case, no adapter is needed - just connect your PC to the HDMI Input of Elgato Gaming hardware using a standard HDMI cable.

Your PC should automatically output in 720p or 1080p, but it if doesn't, make sure that it's outputting one of the following resolutions: